Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1743

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894) Dissertations on the question How far are the external means of exploring the condition of the internal organs to be considered useful and important in medical practice? Printed by Perkins & Marvin 1836] 288 pp. 22.3 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1742

The present volume was the winning reply to the Boylston Medical Committee of Harvard, who posed the question in the title and offered a gold medal to the author of the best response. The work emphasizes the role of percussion and auscultation in diagnosis.

Cited references: Osler 2987

Gift of John Martin, M.D.